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R. H. TILLEY. CASE FOR MAGAZINES 0R PAMPHLETS.

No. 540;469. Patented June 4,1895.

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RISBROUGH HAMMETT TILLE Y, OF NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND.

' CASE FOR MAGAZINES OR PAMPHLETS. I

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,469, dated June 4, 1895.

Application filed September 7, 1894- Serial No. 522,355. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, RISBROUGH HAMMETT of Rhode Island, have invented an Improvement in Cases for Magazines or Pamphlets,

of which the following description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like letters on the drawings representing like parts.

This invention has forits object the production of a case'for magazines, &c., adapted to hold equally well one or any number of pamphlets, &c., up to its full capacity, presenting a neatappearance on the shelves, with the label or title always in the center of the back, and readily adjustable from time to time to receive additional pamphlets.

In accordance therewith my invention consists in a case for magazines and pamphlets, composed of two independent side flaps having pockets therein, a back telescopically ex-- tended into said pockets and connecting the.

side flaps, and a flexible fastening secured to said back and having its loose ends drawn through openings in the flaps adjacent their outer edges, to regulate the movement of the back and to hold the fronts of said flaps together, substantially as will be described.

Other features of my invention will be hereinafter described and particularly pointed out in the claim.

Figure 1 is a perspective view, partly broken out, of a magazine or pamphlet case embodying my invention and ill use. Fig. 2 is a plan view, on an enlarged scale, of the case spread out or flattened; and Fig. 3 is an edge view thereof, partly in section.

The case is herein shown as composed of two independent side flaps a, which may be stiff or pliable, according to the taste of the user, but preferably they are made stiff to better protect the contents and for greater convenience in handling, said flaps being telescopically connected at their inner edgesa by a back I), of thin leather or other suitable flexible material. One of the side flaps, or both, as herein shown, is so constructed, see Figs. 1 and 3, as to form pockets a ,in which the loose ends b of the back are telescoped,

the openings of the pockets extending along the inner edges ct of the flaps, so that relative movement of the side flaps and back will uncover more or less of the back b, whereby the case is accommodated to the thickness of the contents.

In order to maintain the back in adjusted position I secure thereto a flexiblefastening, preferably composed of tape or cord 0, and extend the loose ends of the tape or cord through the pockets 0, and out at openings a in the side flaps, adjacent their outer edges, and for convenience said openings are located about midway between the top and bottom edges of the flaps.

As shown clearly in Fig. 3 the back I) i made of two thicknesses or plies of material, and the fastener c is a single cord or tape, held between them, with its loose ends drawn through the openings 0. which may be protected by eyelets let into them, as shown. By drawing on the loose ends the back is telescoped into the flaps a any desired distance, according to the thickness of the contents 0, Fig. 1, to be held therein, and when the case is to be put away the ends of the fasteners may be tied together at the front, securely holding the case and its contents together.

By telescoping the back into each flap at its inner edge a label or, other indicating mark on said back may always be retained in the center, no matter whether the back is extended to its greatest limit or contracted. It will be obvious, however, that the spirit and scope of the invention will not be departed from should one end of the back be retained from movement relative to its side flap, as by temporarily knotting one of the loose ends outside of its opening a and its other end telescopically connected to the other flap, for the adaptability ofthe case to accommodate contents of different thickness will not be diminished.

An index d for each case may be very readily held in one of the pockets 0. between the back I) and the outer wall of the flap, see Fig. 1, Where the outer wall is broken out to show a part of the index, andsuch index can be withdrawn for purposes of, consultation without disturbing the case or its contents.

When the contents of a case are changed a new index maybe substituted, without any defacement of the case.

I claim- A case for magazines, and pamphlets, compockets therein, a hack telescopically ex- In testimony whereof I have signed my tended into said pockets and connecting the name to this specification in the presence of 10 side flaps, and a flexible fastening secured to two subscribing Witnesses.

said back and having its loose ends drawn through openings in the flaps adjacent their RISBROUGII UAMMET'I 'IILLEY.

outer edges, to regulate the movement of the Witnesses: back and to hold the fronts of said flaps to- HARRY O. CUSHING,

gether, substantially as described. GEO. I'I. RICHARDSON. 

